Acts 22:1-13 ▼

1 MEN, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my apology which I now offer unto you.

2 Then when they heard that he spoke unto them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence: and he said,

3 I am indeed a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but educated in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed accurately in the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, as ye all are this day:

4 so much so that I persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women.

5 As also the high-priest will bear me witness, and all the body of elders: from whom also having received letters unto the brethren, I went unto Damascus, to bring those who were there in chains unto Jerusalem, that they might be punished.

6 But as I went and drew nigh to Damascus, at noon-day, suddenly there shone a great light from heaven around me.

7 And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarean, whom thou persecutest.

9 Now they who were with me saw the light indeed, and were terrified; but the voice of him that spake to me heard they not.

10 Then I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, go into Damascus; and there information shall be given thee of all things which are ordained for thee to do.

11 Then as I could no longer see through the dazzling brightness of that light, led by the hand of those who were with me, I came to Damascus.

12 And one Ananias, a religious man according to the law, and in high repute with all the Jews dwelling there,

13 came to me, and standing by me, said, Brother Saul, recover sight. And the same hour I looked up at him.